Vapor-burner



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P. SCHNEIDER & H TRENKAM'P.

VAPOR BURNER. No. 318,304. Patented May 19, 1885.-

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PAUL SCHNEIDER AND HENRY TRENKAMP, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

VAPOR-BURNER.

SPECIFECATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 318,304, dated May 19, 1885.

Application filed February 27, 1884.

"To aZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that we, PAUL SCHNEIDER and HENRY TRENKAMP, ofOleveland, in the county of Guyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vapor-Burners; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use it, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification.

Our invention relates to an improvement in vapor-burners; and it consists in a casting in which the cap or upper portion of the standpipe having a suitable web formed upon its inner side, the supply-tube, the support for the mixing-chamber, and the two supports for the two regulating-screws are all cast in a single part, as will be more fully described hereinafter.

The object of our invention is to cast the various parts of the burner proper in a single piece, so as to dispense with joints, and thus not only prevent leakage but simplify and cheapen its construction.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a burner embodying our invention complete. Fig. 2 is a detached view of the casting by itself. Fig. 3 is an inverted View of part of the plate S and socket F.

A represents the standpipe; B, the casting which is attached to its upper end, and with which casting is connected the removable mixing-chamber C and the two regulating-screws D E, which are arranged at right angles to each other.

In order to dispense with joints and cheapen and simplify the construction of the burner as much as possible, the cap F, supply-tube G, the two supports H for the holder I of the mixing-chamber, and the two bearings J -L for the regulating-screws are all cast in a single piece. The cap is screwed upon the top of the stand-pipe in the usual manner, and supports all of the other parts rigidly in position. Upon the top of this cap are formed the webs 0 upon opposite sides of the supplypipe and the plates S, upon which the burner rests.

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These webs are for the purpose of receiving heat from the burner and conducting it to the casting, so as to vaporize the oil. In this casting are also made openings to receive the screw-plugs P, which can be removed at any time to clean out the sediment which has formed in the passages. This casting being all in a single piece can be quickly finished, having all of its parts attached to it, and then screwed to the stand-pipe. The generating flange or plate F forms a part of the socket into which the upper end of the stand-pipe screws. This direct and solid connection always insures a sufficient generating-power, and thus, as they are not dependent on the other parts to collect or convey heat, can be made light, and thus metal and labor saved.

The horizontal regulating -valve is made blunt, so that when nearly closed a friction is produced on the vapor-current, which then escapes with greater diminished force at the needlepoint, and as then much less air is entrained with the vapor, less explosive mixture results, and the flame can be turned down low without danger of puffing out, as when the blunt valve is not used. As a very small flame can be produced this flame can be used to keep up heat or vaporization, and the burner is always ready for instant use, or to keep warm any desired object that may be placed over it with a very slight consumption of fluid. This horizontal valve serves as a means of starting, shutting off, and regulating the size of the flame without the trouble of reaching down and under to move the vertical needle. In filling the overflow-cup to start the burner with this side valve, the danger of the burning fluid from flowing over the hand of the operator, as often is the case where a vertical needle alone is used, is averted.

The vertical needle is made in the usual manner with a point, which, being very delicate and liable to wear, is in this case made with a removable needle-barrel, which, when the parts become worn, permits of the old barrel and needle being replaced with a new one at a small cost without disturbing or renewing the other parts of the burner, which are practically indestructible.

Having thus described our invention, We Intestimonywhereof we affix our signatures c1aim in presence of two witnesses.

In avapor-burner the casting B consisting of the cap F, plate S, for supporting the 5 burner, webs 0, supply-tube G, supports H, r

ring I, needle-barrel and bearings J L all Witnesses:

made in a single piece substantially as shown GEORGE H. SOHWAN, and described. G. W. OoLLIsTER. 

